Al-Qaide sympathiser to be sentenced over knife attack on MP

A student in Britain who tried to murder a Labour MP after being inspired by a radical al Qaida cleric linked to the air cargo bomb plot is due to be sentenced today.

Wed, 03 Nov, 2010 - 09:01

A student in Britain who tried to murder a Labour MP after being inspired by a radical al Qaida cleric linked to the air cargo bomb plot is due to be sentenced today.

Roshonara Choudhry, 21, stabbed Stephen Timms twice in the stomach after watching online jihadi sermons by US-born Anwar al-Awlaki.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: BritainPlace: east LondonPlace: IraqPlace: YemenPlace: USPlace: Fort Hood, TexasPlace: Times SquarePerson: LabourPerson: Roshonara ChoudhryPerson: Stephen TimmsPerson: Anwar al-AwlakiPerson: ChoudhryPerson: MPPerson: TimmsPerson: al-AwlakiEvent: ChristmasOrganisation: al QaidaOrganisation: Scotland Yard
<p>The perpetrator was shot and wounded during a confrontation with police.</p>

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